Global Patent Index - EP 0501793 B1

EP 0501793 B1 19970618 - Tone image forming apparatus

Title (en)

Tone image forming apparatus

Title (de)

Bilderzeugungsgerät mit verschiedenen Tönen

Title (fr)

Appareil de formation d'images à plusieurs tons

Publication

EP 0501793 B1 19970618 (EN)

Application

EP 92301647 A 19920227

Priority

  • JP 5548291 A 19910228
  • JP 15314691 A 19910625

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0501793A2] An image forming apparatus capable of forming a tone image including an image bearing member; electrically independent plural electrodes; a rotatable magnetic field generator having plural magnetic poles to supply magnetic toner particles to between the image bearing member and the recording electrodes; a detector for detecting the positions of the magnetic poles of the magnetic field generator; a controller, responsive to an output of the detector, for controlling application timing of a voltage on the recording electrodes. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

G03G 17/00

IPC 8 full level

G03G 15/34 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G03G 15/348 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 2217/0016 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0501793 A2 19920902; EP 0501793 A3 19930728; EP 0501793 B1 19970618; DE 69220395 D1 19970724; DE 69220395 T2 19971106; US 5444470 A 19950822

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 92301647 A 19920227; DE 69220395 T 19920227; US 31682794 A 19941003